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Mohamed Atta al-Sayed, an Egyptian who led the September 11 attacks.

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This picture was taken off of his Florida driver's license. It appeared on the FBI's website shortly after the attacks ( http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/penttbom/aa11/11.htm).

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some DMV employee

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